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DRO's online community is still strong, a testament to the game. The game is FIVE years old at this point. I can get in and out of games in DR in a flash compared to T6 which is a total chore to play and ugly to look at. Tekken 5 DR is a more refined game and looks better than Tekken 6. Tekken 5DR has a cleaner look that works better for me. Less is more.

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DRO's online community is still strong, a testament to the game. The game is FIVE years old at this point. I can get in and out of games in DR in a flash compared to T6 which is a total chore to play and ugly to look at. Tekken 5 DR is a more refined game and looks better than Tekken 6. Tekken 5DR has a cleaner look that works better for me. Less is more.

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As far as DLC, we don&#8217;t have concrete plans yet, but the way I&#8217;m thinking though is that the characters and such are like pieces that are necessary for a chess game," Harada continued. "So you wouldn&#8217;t want to sell them, because some people would have them and some wouldn&#8217;t. If we have DLC characters or stages, they would be free. We might use them for pre-order bonuses though, because the retailers really like it. That doesn&#8217;t mean they&#8217;d be exclusive forever though. That just means you&#8217;d get it earlier, for a certain period. So the players, they get to see a variety of different characters from the different pre-orders and such. The retailers get their pre-orders so they&#8217;re happy and if the retailers are happy, we&#8217;re happy. So that makes everyone happy."

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I dont know where you got this assumption from, I know judging a fighting game on it's single player content is asinine, seemed like they hid the actual arcade mode in the offline modes menu just to trick people into playing that awful scenario mode. The first thing I do in a fighter is play the story/arcade mode for my favorite characters, they didnt let me do that.

I like some of the system mechanics in the game, but I prefer Tekken 5 more because it seemed more fun and balanced in my opinion, T6 had none of that to drag me in.

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I dont know where you got this assumption from, I know judging a fighting game on it's single player content is asinine, seemed like they hid the actual arcade mode in the offline modes menu just to trick people into playing that awful scenario mode. The first thing I do in a fighter is play the story/arcade mode for my favorite characters, they didnt let me do that.

I like some of the system mechanics in the game, but I prefer Tekken 5 more because it seemed more fun and balanced in my opinion, T6 had none of that to drag me in.

Typically, if a person complains about another "exploiting" something, they just don't want to find a way to beat it, since they think it's "unfair." This is not the mentality of a competitive player, and as such, when a competitive player hears such talk, dismisses the opinion entirely.

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People don't play bad netcode for FIVE years. I had to stop playing that abortion that is Tekken 6. The load times are bad. The netcode is bad. The game is bad. Tekken 6 sold the worst out of all console Tekkens. The Tekken community knows this. It is the weak point in our franchise history. Why do you deny this?

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DRO's online community is still strong, a testament to the game. The game is FIVE years old at this point. I can get in and out of games in DR in a flash compared to T6 which is a total chore to play and ugly to look at. Tekken 5 DR is a more refined game and looks better than Tekken 6. Tekken 5DR has a cleaner look that works better for me. Less is more.

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People don't play bad netcode for FIVE years. I had to stop playing that abortion that is Tekken 6. The load times are bad. The netcode is bad. The game is bad. Tekken 6 sold the worst out of all console Tekkens. The Tekken community knows this. It is the weak point in our franchise history. Why do you deny this?

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People don't play bad netcode for FIVE years. I had to stop playing that abortion that is Tekken 6. The load times are bad. The netcode is bad. The game is bad. Tekken 6 sold the worst out of all console Tekkens. The Tekken community knows this. It is the weak point in our franchise history. Why do you deny this?

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Also please don't defend the old netcode. I've been part of the community for a very long time and the consensus is that the netcode was garbage. Don't know how it was post patch but tried it maybe 5 games right after launch and then swore off it forever. Not because it wasn't acceptable for the everyday community but because our standards were so high. Every other fighting game it's accepted that you have to play differently when online compared to offline. That is unacceptable for Tekken. I drop my advanced BnB and I RAGE!

Anyways with the new community manager who seems to be listening to the community (fleshed out practice mode) I'm fairly optimistic about TTT2. I can guarantee you though that Heihachi will be top tier and if legally possible Filthy Rich will make it really far at Evo next year.

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Go play the PSP version then. The PSP version pretty much removes all my complaints about console T6 and if the graphics bother you as well,T6 PSP is like a better looking in between of DRO & 6. The load times are barely there (install option) and saving is quick.

I have played the PSP version way more than my home copies due to taking public transit everywhere.

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Also please don't defend the old netcode. I've been part of the community for a very long time and the consensus is that the netcode was garbage. Don't know how it was post patch but tried it maybe 5 games right after launch and then swore off it forever.

Tekken 6 netcode was significantly better after the patch. Still unplayable from a competitive perspective, but then again so was DR and just about every other 3D fighter before Tekken 6 (aside from maybe VF5).

Now that TTT2 is using the SC5 netcode, this shouldn't be as much of an issue. It still won't be acceptable from a competitive standpoint, but it will be much, much better than Tekken 6 or DR.

Protip: The strength of your unsupported belief does not in and of itself constitute "evidence". Since you've utterly failed to actually supply any further context to Harada's comment as to what "sold" means, I'm going to have to defer to the industry standard (ie: sold in or shipped).

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No, it could easily be the 4th-5th week as well. But don't expect MSRP to hold for very long if their shipment numbers are this bloated especially in this market. Last 4 games with name Tekken in them bombed, why wouldn't the 5th?

t's pretty interesting how so many people like to discredit Tekken. They claim the sales figures are distorted, and once they're proven wrong they challenge the integrity of the game. When I ask them for an argument they stay quiet.

You can't expect someone who played the game for 30 minutes to provide any substantial arguing, lol. If the same people took the time to learn the game system, they would know it's one of the most deepest, one of the most balanced and basically one of the best fighters ever created.
Errr.....right here.

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No, it could easily be the 4th-5th week as well. But don't expect MSRP to hold for very long if their shipment numbers are this bloated especially in this market. Last 4 games with name Tekken in them bombed, why wouldn't the 5th?

Last 4 games with Tekken in the name:
SFXTK: Not made by Namco.
Tekken 3DS: Game was outsourced to another developer + no established Nintendo fanbase.
Tekken Hybrid: A demo, Tag HD and a movie. No one expected it to sell in the millions.
Tekken 6 BR: 3.5 million copies is hardly "bombed."

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Pretty sure all the hate for tekken is coming from countries where arcades are dying, which is understandable. i believe the reason tekken doesn't sell as well on consoles as other fighters is because in areas where it is popular, arcades are the primary method of playing it.

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Pretty sure all the hate for tekken is coming from countries where arcades are dying, which is understandable. i believe the reason tekken doesn't sell as well on consoles as other fighters is because in areas where it is popular, arcades are the primary method of playing it.

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Doesn't buy fighting games to actually play them

Last 4 games with Tekken in the name:
SFXTK: Not made by Namco.
Tekken 3DS: Game was outsourced to another developer + no established Nintendo fanbase.
Tekken Hybrid: A demo, Tag HD and a movie. No one expected it to sell in the millions.
Tekken 6 BR: 3.5 million copies is hardly "bombed."

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I'm not trolling. I'm just saying that a price collapse will repeat itself. I'll be playing the game not as $60 MSRP, but if history repeats itself the wait won't be very long. I'll have 2 other fighting bombas to keep me warm(DOA5 and VF5), lol.

That is what they always say.
Because that is what they, as the company, has sold.

Namco sells stuff to retailers, not directly to consumers.
If you look up a few posts for Peff's NPD/Media Create/European stuff, you'll see that it isn't anywhere near the amount Namco sells to retailers.

Capcom has sold 1.4 million copies of Street Fighter X Tekken, but the number of people that actually own it is nowhere near that amount.